Faulkner: I don't own LotR, but Ratchet/Aerin Williams is mine. ALL MINE!!
Pinky: Don't scare away the readers!
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"How do I get myself into these things?" Ratchet asked herself.
Today was the day of the Council of Elrond, or whatever the hell they were calling it. Ratchet was told by Gandalf that she would have to attend, and that she would have to wear a dress. Though she did not win the argument about attending the council, she did get out of wearing a dress.
And currently, she was listening to the boring talk about some stupid ring that could 'destroy Middle-Earth.' Blah, blah blah. The talk went on and on. She was slumped down in her chair, trying her best to not fall asleep. But that was *impossible*.
Her teachers could barely hold her attention. So how did they expect her to stay *awake* during all this babble? Drink a bunch of cokes or something?
"The Ring please, Frodo." Elrond was saying.
Frodo got up from his seat and set a little golden ring on a podium. Then the men started talking about using it and that it couldn't be used, so on and so forth.
Then the dwarf (Gimli, wasn't it? The dwarves looked pretty much the same to her) got up and charged at the Ring. He brought his ax down on the Ring, and the ax shattered and Gimli fell back.
The moment the ax touched the Ring, Ratchet heard evil laughing and felt a searing pain in her head. She gasped and closed her eyes. But the laughing and pain went as quickley as it came.
She looked at Frodo and saw him clutching the arms of his chair. "Dude, Frodo, are you all right?" Ratchet whispered to him. Frodo relaxed a little and nodded. The others didn't notice.
"As you can see, Gimli, son of Gloin, it can not be destroyed by any crafts we here possess." Elrond said.
Then, back to the arguing, but about who would take the Ring to be destroyed. Ratchet stared at it, and heard gibberish being whispered. Then flames were reflected from somewhere deep inside the Ring. An extremely evil voice, full of death and malice, said very clearly, "They shall all burn."
Ratchet wanted to take that Ring and throw it into the river, or toss it into a pit. It was scaring the shit out of her.
"I will take it! I will take the Ring. Though.....I don't know the way." Frodo yelled above the shouting. Then Strider, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, and Boromir said they would go with him. Then Sam, Merry, and Pippin popped out of hidding places and said that they would follow him.
"BLOODY HELL!! ARE YOU ALL OUT OF YOUR FUCKIN' MINDS!?!?! THAT LITTLE RING CAN BE THE DEATH OF ALL OF YOU!!!" Ratchet exploded. "That little golden ring can blast you all to hell and back without even trying if it got into that one dudes hands!" she was on her feet and glaring at the little council. She may not have been listening to most of the talk, but she had listened to the important parts.
"It has to be done." Legolas said.
Ratchet just shook her head, scowling at them. "You've all flipped your lids. Gone loony." then she grinned. "Hey, i'm pretty nutty myself. I guess i'll join your suicide mission." When she saw all of them start to protest, she raised her hands to make them stop. "Frodo can use all the help he can get. So either take advantage of my momentary loss of brains, or let me get bored silly in Rivendell, wondering if you asses have got yourselves killed yet."
Everyone stared at her. Then Boromir started to chuckle. The girl was a little spitfire. They could use her on the quest.
"I think she should go." Boromir said.
Elrond raised and eyebrow at him. Then he thought about it. The girl could fight well. He had watched her training sessions with Aragorn, and she fought really well with a sword. She could definitley help fend off the orcs that they were bound to face.
"All right. You ten shall be the Fellowship of the Ring." Elrond said. He would never be able to live it down if Ratchet stayed in Rivendell. She would harass him to no end.
"Yay! So when do we start?" Ratchet asked. Gandalf sighed. This would undoubtedly be a very long, long, long quest.
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The council broke up and Gandalf, Aragorn, and Elrond went off somewhere to talk about the specifics.
"All this talk about traveling is making me hungry. What do you say about an early lunch?" Pippin said.
Ratchet laughed. "You're always hungry, aren't ya? But then again..." and the little group heard a growling.
"What was that?" Gimli said. "It sounded like a hungry beast!"
Ratchet glared at him. "That was my stomach, you midget." she growled. "Being bored makes me very hungry." She sighed. "A lot of things make me hungry, as a matter of fact. I'm so pathetic." and she shook her head.
Gimli glowered at her. "Don't call me a middget."
"Hey, if the shoe fits..." Ratchet murmured. Only Legolas with his elven hearing and Boromir who was walking next to her heard. They sniggered.
"What's so funny?" Sam asked.
"Pay us no mind." Boromir said with a wave of his hand. He had stopped sniggering and was only smiling.
The group went to the elvish kitchens in search of food. But the elves wouldn't have it, and sent them away. Ratchet got very angry and had to be dragged away by Legolas and Boromir.
She was still fuming when the group found a quiet garden to sit and relax in.
Ratchet suddenly calmed down and looked at Boromir. Boromir warily stared back at her. 'She's up to something' he thought. "Hey Boromir. You are wearing a sword, aren't you?" she asked with a mad grin.
"Yes." he replied slowly. "Why?"
"Well..." and she walked into the middle of the garden and unsheathed her sword. "I haven't had my practice today and it seems Mr.Strider isn't gonna come out and help. Sooooo, if you would be so kind as to be my sparring partner for the day..."
He thought for a second. 'It would be fun to see how good she is' he thought. So he agreed.
The two stood apart from each other, studying the others strengths and weaknesses. 'She should be a little bit of a challenge. But nothing that I can't handle' he thought to himself with a little smile.
That was big mistake number 1 for him.
They gently touched swords then fought. Boromir thought she would be fast, but not this fast! She jabbed on the right, then swung at him on the left. She twisted away from his strikes easily. Which made him surprised, and mad.
That was big mistake number 2.
Ratchet saw that he was surprised, and thought of a way to humiliate as well as beat him.
An idea popped into her head. It was a move that she had used often in fights at school. Her opponents had never seen it coming.
She did a quick flurry of blows to keep his concentration on her sword. Then quickly put her right foot behind his left foot and pulled. At the same time she ducked under his sword and shoved him in the chest.
He hit the ground and tried to roll away, but Ratchet's sword knocked his sword away. Effectively unarming him. She put her sword point at his throat and said, "Checkmate. I win."
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Faulkner: Yet another chapter finished! Goody! By the way..... The song in the last chapter is called My Will. It's the english transation, since the real thing is in japanese. You can hear the japanese version on Inu-Yasha.
Pinky: Pwease R/R!!!
Pinky: Don't scare away the readers!
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"How do I get myself into these things?" Ratchet asked herself.
Today was the day of the Council of Elrond, or whatever the hell they were calling it. Ratchet was told by Gandalf that she would have to attend, and that she would have to wear a dress. Though she did not win the argument about attending the council, she did get out of wearing a dress.
And currently, she was listening to the boring talk about some stupid ring that could 'destroy Middle-Earth.' Blah, blah blah. The talk went on and on. She was slumped down in her chair, trying her best to not fall asleep. But that was *impossible*.
Her teachers could barely hold her attention. So how did they expect her to stay *awake* during all this babble? Drink a bunch of cokes or something?
"The Ring please, Frodo." Elrond was saying.
Frodo got up from his seat and set a little golden ring on a podium. Then the men started talking about using it and that it couldn't be used, so on and so forth.
Then the dwarf (Gimli, wasn't it? The dwarves looked pretty much the same to her) got up and charged at the Ring. He brought his ax down on the Ring, and the ax shattered and Gimli fell back.
The moment the ax touched the Ring, Ratchet heard evil laughing and felt a searing pain in her head. She gasped and closed her eyes. But the laughing and pain went as quickley as it came.
She looked at Frodo and saw him clutching the arms of his chair. "Dude, Frodo, are you all right?" Ratchet whispered to him. Frodo relaxed a little and nodded. The others didn't notice.
"As you can see, Gimli, son of Gloin, it can not be destroyed by any crafts we here possess." Elrond said.
Then, back to the arguing, but about who would take the Ring to be destroyed. Ratchet stared at it, and heard gibberish being whispered. Then flames were reflected from somewhere deep inside the Ring. An extremely evil voice, full of death and malice, said very clearly, "They shall all burn."
Ratchet wanted to take that Ring and throw it into the river, or toss it into a pit. It was scaring the shit out of her.
"I will take it! I will take the Ring. Though.....I don't know the way." Frodo yelled above the shouting. Then Strider, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, and Boromir said they would go with him. Then Sam, Merry, and Pippin popped out of hidding places and said that they would follow him.
"BLOODY HELL!! ARE YOU ALL OUT OF YOUR FUCKIN' MINDS!?!?! THAT LITTLE RING CAN BE THE DEATH OF ALL OF YOU!!!" Ratchet exploded. "That little golden ring can blast you all to hell and back without even trying if it got into that one dudes hands!" she was on her feet and glaring at the little council. She may not have been listening to most of the talk, but she had listened to the important parts.
"It has to be done." Legolas said.
Ratchet just shook her head, scowling at them. "You've all flipped your lids. Gone loony." then she grinned. "Hey, i'm pretty nutty myself. I guess i'll join your suicide mission." When she saw all of them start to protest, she raised her hands to make them stop. "Frodo can use all the help he can get. So either take advantage of my momentary loss of brains, or let me get bored silly in Rivendell, wondering if you asses have got yourselves killed yet."
Everyone stared at her. Then Boromir started to chuckle. The girl was a little spitfire. They could use her on the quest.
"I think she should go." Boromir said.
Elrond raised and eyebrow at him. Then he thought about it. The girl could fight well. He had watched her training sessions with Aragorn, and she fought really well with a sword. She could definitley help fend off the orcs that they were bound to face.
"All right. You ten shall be the Fellowship of the Ring." Elrond said. He would never be able to live it down if Ratchet stayed in Rivendell. She would harass him to no end.
"Yay! So when do we start?" Ratchet asked. Gandalf sighed. This would undoubtedly be a very long, long, long quest.
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The council broke up and Gandalf, Aragorn, and Elrond went off somewhere to talk about the specifics.
"All this talk about traveling is making me hungry. What do you say about an early lunch?" Pippin said.
Ratchet laughed. "You're always hungry, aren't ya? But then again..." and the little group heard a growling.
"What was that?" Gimli said. "It sounded like a hungry beast!"
Ratchet glared at him. "That was my stomach, you midget." she growled. "Being bored makes me very hungry." She sighed. "A lot of things make me hungry, as a matter of fact. I'm so pathetic." and she shook her head.
Gimli glowered at her. "Don't call me a middget."
"Hey, if the shoe fits..." Ratchet murmured. Only Legolas with his elven hearing and Boromir who was walking next to her heard. They sniggered.
"What's so funny?" Sam asked.
"Pay us no mind." Boromir said with a wave of his hand. He had stopped sniggering and was only smiling.
The group went to the elvish kitchens in search of food. But the elves wouldn't have it, and sent them away. Ratchet got very angry and had to be dragged away by Legolas and Boromir.
She was still fuming when the group found a quiet garden to sit and relax in.
Ratchet suddenly calmed down and looked at Boromir. Boromir warily stared back at her. 'She's up to something' he thought. "Hey Boromir. You are wearing a sword, aren't you?" she asked with a mad grin.
"Yes." he replied slowly. "Why?"
"Well..." and she walked into the middle of the garden and unsheathed her sword. "I haven't had my practice today and it seems Mr.Strider isn't gonna come out and help. Sooooo, if you would be so kind as to be my sparring partner for the day..."
He thought for a second. 'It would be fun to see how good she is' he thought. So he agreed.
The two stood apart from each other, studying the others strengths and weaknesses. 'She should be a little bit of a challenge. But nothing that I can't handle' he thought to himself with a little smile.
That was big mistake number 1 for him.
They gently touched swords then fought. Boromir thought she would be fast, but not this fast! She jabbed on the right, then swung at him on the left. She twisted away from his strikes easily. Which made him surprised, and mad.
That was big mistake number 2.
Ratchet saw that he was surprised, and thought of a way to humiliate as well as beat him.
An idea popped into her head. It was a move that she had used often in fights at school. Her opponents had never seen it coming.
She did a quick flurry of blows to keep his concentration on her sword. Then quickly put her right foot behind his left foot and pulled. At the same time she ducked under his sword and shoved him in the chest.
He hit the ground and tried to roll away, but Ratchet's sword knocked his sword away. Effectively unarming him. She put her sword point at his throat and said, "Checkmate. I win."
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Faulkner: Yet another chapter finished! Goody! By the way..... The song in the last chapter is called My Will. It's the english transation, since the real thing is in japanese. You can hear the japanese version on Inu-Yasha.
Pinky: Pwease R/R!!!